On September 11, 2001 (popularly known as 9/11), 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four planes, crashed two into New York’s Twin Towers, another into the Pentagon, and the fourth in Pennsylvania. One of the deadliest terrorist attacks in human history, it killed over 3,000 people and reshaped the world dramatically thereby calling upon a global war on terror. It stands as a stark reminder of the lasting effects of terrorism in the world.
One man, Bill Ellmore, took to social media to share how he narrowly escaped the 9/11 terror attacks because a colleague advised him to change his flight. He was supposed to fly nonstop from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco. His colleague called him and asked him to change his flight to San Jose instead, and so he did.
His initial flight was United Airlines Flight 93 – the one that was hijacked and crashed in Pennsylvania.
I was booked on United Flight 93 on 9/11, 2001, flying nonstop from Newark NJ to San Francisco CA. Around midnight the night before, a coworker called me urging me to change my flight to fly into San Jose instead. This meant I had to give up my 1st class seat and move to a flight… pic.twitter.com/mTtsGO0psT
— Bill Ellmore 𝕏 (@BillEllmore) September 11, 2023
His colleague made this request because she had taken the same flight a day before and the commute from SF to Mountain View was longer than that from SJ to MV.
The reason my coworker told me to change my flight was she took the same flight on 9/10 and the commute from San Francisco to Mountain View would make me late for my meeting whereas traveling from San Jose to Mountain View would be faster in the morning.
— Bill Ellmore 𝕏 (@BillEllmore) September 11, 2023
One would think that Bill would be forever grateful to his colleague and would help her in whatever way he can. But shockingly, he went on to fire her over poor performance.
Sad to say, I ultimately had to fire her for poor performance. It was difficult
— Bill Ellmore 𝕏 (@BillEllmore) September 11, 2023
People online were left flabbergasted upon learning this detail and slammed the man for being so insensitive. Here’s how some of them responded:
You’re definitely not grateful enough. As someone’s boss, you could’ve taken time to make corrective action versus terminate.
— JessFromDominos.eth 🍕🍕 (@JessFromDominos) September 11, 2023
Imagine firing your guardian angel for poor work performance.
— Examiner (@ExaminerMo) September 12, 2023
you are cruel person. If somebody saved my life, this person can perform poor for the rest of the life. Grateful forever.
— Tim S. (@hhhhhh3177) September 12, 2023
😂😂😂😂 the most American thing in history 🇺🇸
— Johnny Ward (@onestep4ward) September 12, 2023
Hahaha this is the most American thing that has ever happened 😂😂
— Ben 👨🏼💻 (@not_in_tune) September 12, 2023
personally if someone saved me from 9/11 id do everything i physically could to help them keep their job
— hbag (of posting fame) (@zoomerbread) September 12, 2023
Do you think it was unfair of him to fire her?